What type of clinicians provide care at a long-term acute care hospital?
A. The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital prides itself on taking the team approach to our patient’s care. While a physician leads the team, it is a care manager (either an RN or social worker) who acts as facilitator and coordinates patient care. RNs and nursing assistants provide nursing care and respiratory therapists address pulmonary needs. Physical, occupational and speech therapists help patients regain as much function as possible so they can get back to doing the things they love, like spending time with their families, working or simply mowing their lawns. Registered dietitians are available to monitor and counsel patients and clinical psychology services, and pastoral care lend patients and families necessary psychological, emotional and spiritual support. At the Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital, 18 of the 32 beds are monitored by tele-intensivists. These are specially trained critical care doctors who use two-way audio/visual technologies to monitor patients from an off-site
